/**
 * Copyright 2007-2008 Vidar Svansson
 *     
 * This file is part of JAdapter.
 * 
 * JAdapter is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * JAdapter is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with JAdapter.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

package org.jadapter;

/** 
 * The main adapter interface. 
 * The method {@link Adapter#adapt} transforms the input object to the desired type.
 * 
 * @author Vidar Svansson
 *
 * @param <I> The provided interface
 * @param <C> The type to be adapted
 * 
 * @since 0.1
 * 
 * @see org.jadapter.AdapterFactory
 * @see org.jadapter.JAdapter
 * @see org.jadapter.registry.AdapterRegistry
 */
public interface Adapter<I,C> {
    
    /**
     * 
     * @param context to adapt
     * @return an instance of I transformed from the context.
     * @since 0.1
     */
    public I adapt(C context);

}
